The Dragon's Heart
-by Kimmleechan
The phone rang about
a week later. I ran to the phone to pick it up.
"Hello?"
"Hi. It's me." I smiled.
"Sorry I haven't been able to call as often
as I would like, but they've had
me very busy with this project."
"I understand," I said
sitting on the recliner and enjoying the warm
feeling I had inside.
"I have to see you,"
he said. "I can't stand being part this long. I
want to kiss you, hold you in my
arms. That's impossible over the phone."
"I know," I said."
What an invention that would be! There's a warmth
in my heart right now hearing your
voice."
"But it's not the same,"
he said.
"No, it's not, but
it's very nice," I replied.
"When can I see you?"
he asked. "I'm not kidding. I'm in Dallas right
now. I could fly in for the weekend.
What do you think?"
"I think it's a wonderfu
lidea," I said. "You don't know how much I miss
you."
"Yes, I do," he said.
"I'm missing you just as much. So it's okay."
"It's more than okay,"
I said. "When can you come?" It was Thursday morning
and my heart was beating even faster
knowing that he could be here soon.
"Well, I have to check
the schedule, but I'd like to come in tonight
and have a long weekend," he said.
"Let me check into it and I'll call you
back with the details. I miss you,
I love you."
"I miss you and I love
you so much," I said.
"I'll call you back
as soon as I know," he said. We hung up and I was
dancing around the house. This was
quite a surprise. I started the laundry.and
began on the bathroom before he
called again.
"I can be there at
5:45," he said. "I have already arranged that we will
have a seperate room to meet once
I land. I'd like to keep this private."
"I agree," I said.
"Not that we'll be
in the house all weekend, but I do think it would
be better if I'm not recognized
immediately when I arrive."
"True," I said.
"I have something
special for you," he said. "I saw it and had to get
it."
"Any hints?"
I asked.
"No," he said.
"You'll have to wait until I'm there. It's from my heart."
"You have a very
dear heart," I said. "You don't have to bring me a
gift. You're more than enough of
a present."
"You'll understand
when you see it," he said. "I could not resist."
He gave me the details about where
to come in the airport to meet him. As
we hung up I couldn't believe he'd
be here with me by late afternoon. There
was so much to do, so little time!
Around noon there was
a knock on the door. I opened it and saw a bunch
of white roses. The delivery guy
handed them to me. I got inside and my
head was even higher int he clouds.
I never got flowers, nonetheless my
favorites! I opened the card and
it read: "Princess, I can't wait to be there
with you! See you soon. I love you,
Your Dragon". I shook my head and held
the card to my heart.I knew what
a precious gift I had been given and I
was going to enjoy every moment
of his stay. This was too much. It had me
floating through the house to finish
getting everything ready. I was planning
our evening meal.I popped a favorite
casserole into the oven and checked
to make sure that I had the accompaniments
I needed as well. I wanted to
make him feel very much at home.
The time was
getting nearer to his plane arriving. My heart felt him
near. It was time to drive to the
airport to get him. Once last glance around
the house to make sure everything
was in order and I was off.
I was brought
into a room off to the side of the other arrival area
when I heard my name. I turned around
and saw the handsomest man in the
world with his big, beautiful smile
and twinkling eyes. He grabbed me and
twirled me around in his arms. I
was a bit lightheaded by the time his lips
met mine.
"I am so happy to finally
be here with you," he said and kissed me again.
For a moment I thought his lips
would devour me.
"You feel so wonderful,"
I said. "I couldn't be happier to have you here."
He picked up his bag and slipped
out a black box. He opened it and I gasped.
"It's beautiful!" I
said. "You're right. It certainly fits." It was a
gold and silver entertwined
round open pendant of a dragon.I could not
think of anything more fitting.
"So you like it," he
smiled. "I'm glad. It's from my heart to yours."He
put it around my neck and kissed
me softly.
"Thank you," I said.
"It just doesn't seem enough to simply say thank
you."
"I understand," he
said. "I understand much more than you think I do.
You will see." He put his arm around
me.
"Ready to go home?"
I asked.
"Ahh...home," he sighed.
"I'm more than ready to go home with you." The
look in his eyes was hypnotizing.
Only he had that effect on me. his kiss
was intoxicating and as he pulled
me close I could feel his heartbeat. I
thought I had known happiness before,
but my happiness wa sonly truly beginning.
We got to my car and
I handed him the keys. I felt too inebriated to
drive. Being so close to him again
once again was making feel a bit weak.
I wanted him to see that I was willing
for him to take the lead.
"I don't know how to
get there," he smiled.
"I do," I laughed.
"You enjoy driving much more than I do, so why not
give you the pleasure?"
"Pleasure is my wish
for our time together," he said and kissed my neck.
"That you will have,"
I answered softly. "More than you ever thought
possible. If you will allow me."
"I want you to have
your heart's desire," he said.
"I already do," I smiled
and he gave me another one of those long, passionate
kisses that I would never forget.
"Let's go home," he
said starting the engine. "Or would like to pick
up something to eat on the way?"
"Dinner is in the oven,"
I said. "I just have to heat up a couple of
things in the microwave and we'll
be all set."
"What's for dessert?"
he smied kidding around, but I wasn't.
"You," I said and we
snuggled closer.
"Sounds like the best
dinner I've had in a very long time," he said.
"Maybe we should have dessert first."
He kissed my cheek.
"Sounds good," I said,"But
I believe in proper nutrition. Besides you'll
need your energy, My Dragon, and
so will I." He smiled and held me closer.
When we arrived he was
properly introduced to my two female golden retrievers.
They became immediate friends.
Then we sat down to the casserole and a
bottle of wine. It was like finally
coming home to somewhere you'd been
all your life, but you'd never really
truly appreciated it until that moment.
"Let me help you do
the dishes," he said as I was putting them in the
sink.
"I'll throw them in the dishwasher
later," I said. "No need for that."
"Oh, come on,
let me do something," he said.
"Okay, kiss me,"
I said. He did and almost swept me off my feet completely.
"Oh, my goodness."
"What?" he asked.
"I'm really lightheaded
now," I said. "Just a little."
"Just a little?" he
asked. Have I lost it?"
"Oh, no," I said. "I
assure you. You have not." He took me in his arms
and gave me an even deeper kiss.
"Better?" he asked
and he held me so close I could feel his heartbeat
again.
"Much better," I said
and we walked into the den to snuggle on the couch.
A little later he said,"I've
never known anyone quite like you before.
I feel as you've bewitched me."
"Oh sure," I laughed.
"I put my special spell on you."
"No, you really have,"
he said. "I've never felt I had to see someone
as strongly as I have you."
"Speaking of spells,
how about those inebriating kisses of yours?" I
smiled. "Uno mas?"
He smiled and proceeded
to make me feel drunk again with one of his deep,
delicious kisses. He took my hand
and led me me into the bedroom where we
spent the rest of the night. There
was no question about what we both wanted
and needed.
The next morning I woke
up with him gazing at me.
"You're such an angel
when you're asleep," he kissed me.
"And a devil when I'm
awake?" I laughed.
"Maybe," he said,"more
like fifty fifty. I'm not complaining at all.
I love it. It works out perfectly."
"Special showing of
your cartoon this morning," I said.
"Let's watch it in
bed," he suggested. "I want to hold you. I just don't
want to get up right now. You know
I'm not at all like this usually."
"I understand," I said.
"I'll make us some tea after the show. Suddenly
I don't want to move at all."
"Me, either," he said
and he turned on the tv with the remote.
"Ah, yes," he said.
"One of my favorite episodes."
"With the guy hwo sounds
like F. Murray Abraham, " I said.
"How did you know?"
he asked. "You're good."
"Actually, I'm very
good with voices," I said. "I especially recognize
my fellow Arabs and he has a very
distinguished voice. Not difficult at
all."
"Wow!" he said. "What
a surprise you are?"
"Is that good or bad?"
I smiled.
"Very good," he said
and kissed me. "Brilliant. Any more surprises to
share?"
"Maybe later," I smiled.
"Depends on what you want to know."
"I want to know everything,"
he looked deeply into my eyes. I felt I
could drown in his chocolate brown
eys at that moment. Suddenly all I could
hear was his breath and mine as
he moved down to kiss me. It was the most
beautiful sound on earth. There
was only us. Together. Completely.
"So much for watching
your cartoon," I said later.
"It's all my fault,"
he said. "I don't mind taking the blame. This time."
"Okay," I laughed and
threw a piece of clothing at him. "Time for breakfast.
Don't tell me you're not hungry."
"I'll go turn on the
water for the tea," he went into the kitchen.
After breakfast,
he asked,"What do we do today?"
"Grocery
shopping," I said. "I want to make sure you have some of your
favorite food."
"You're so good
to me," he said. "I don't want you to spend all your
time cooking."
"I won't," I
said. "I want to spend the time with you. That's where
a microwave comes in handy."
"Oh, so that's
what that is for," he laughed.
"I want you to
have everything you want while you're here," I said.
"Now, what else
could I want?" he hugged me.
"Start thinking
of whatever you would like to have before we go," I
suggested. "That way we won't be
there for hours."
"What have you
heard?" he laughed.
"I heard about
one of your trips to the supermarket up in Canada," I
said.
"Oh, that explains
it," he said.
Our grocery shopping
list was fairly short, but he was like a kid in
a toy store. It was a joy watching
him pick out fruit and veggies. I'd never
had more fun in a grocery store.
I usually hated it. Nothing dull about
it when he was there. He even found
a copy of one his films that I didn't
have in the video section.
"I can't believe you
don't have this," he said as he paid for it. The
girl looked at hte tape, looked
at him, looked back at the tape and back
at him. Of course, he was wearing
glasses, but it was quite obvious that
it was him.
"It's okay," he told
the visibly excited young woman. "This is for my
girlfriend. Here. Let me give you
an autograph and maybe you'll feel better.
he was so gracious and he even called
me his girlfriend!
"You're his girlfriend?"
she asked.
"Shhhhhhhh," I said.
"Yes. Thanks. Please don't tell anyone."
"I won't," she said.
"Thanks! Thanks so much for the autograph. My son
is one of your biggest fans!"
"How old is he?" he
asked.
"Six," she said.
"Do you have some paper
to write on? Give me your address and his name
and I'll send him an autographed
photo. It may take a little time, but I
promise I won't forget," he smiled.
"Oh, he'll be so thrilled!"
she said.
"That was very sweet
of you," I told him as we walked out to the car.
"Once she recognized
me I thought it was the thing to do to offer an
autograph. As for her son, I'm happy
to do that for my young fans. They
are our future. It's the least I
can do," he said placing bags in the backseat.
"No wonder they love
you so much," I smiled.
"And you?" he asked.
"Me, too," I hugged
him. "I'm, also, very proud of you. Oh, and what's
this you saying I'm your girlfriend?"
"You are, aren't you?"
he asked.
"Yes. It just startled
me," I said. "I wasn't expecting it."
"Well, expect it now,"
he said. "The least anyone will call you now is
my girlfriend."
"What does that mean?"
I asked as he got in and closed the door.
"Later," he said. "You'll
see. I have surprises for you, too. I thought
it wouldn't be appropriate for our
first night together."
"Okay," I said."I'll
try to be patient."
"Patience always pays
off," he said as he drove us back to the house.
Part Two
We returned and
there was a message on the answering machine. We heard
the beep that indicated a message.
I didn't want to check it. I knew it
had to be for me. Anyone who needed
him would be calling on his cell phone.
"I hate that beep,"
I said. "But I'm afraid to listen to it."
"Why?" he asked.
"I've been getting
these spooky messages lately," I answered.
"Who are they from?"
he asked.
"I don't know and I
really don't want to know. either," I said.
"What do they say?"
he asked.
"It's a song that my
father used to sing to me," I said.
"What's so scary about
that?" he asked.
"It's the way it is
sung. It's very spooky," I said.
"Let me play it," he
said. "I can't do anything if I don't know what
it is."
"Okay," I said and
he pushed the play button. As the message began playing
I grabbed hold of his arm. He put
his arms around me. "See? I told you."
"Yes, it is a bit scary,"
he said. "Who would be doing this?"
"Like I said I really
don't want to know," I said. "Maybe it's just a
Halloween prank."
"Could be," he said.
"It's not funny, though. Do you only get these when
you leave the house?"
"Sometimes but not
all the time," I said. "Do you think someone could
be watching the house?"
"It's possible," he
said. "Let's not jump to conclusions, yet. Let me
see if the phone is tapped." he
dialed a rather long number. He shook his
head.
"It's not tapped,"
he said. Let's see if they call back while we're here.
I'll answer the phone if it rings.
Not to worry." He hugged me tight and
I only wanted to feel close to him.
I felt safe with him around.
During our light lunch
the phone rang again and we let the answering
machine get it to see what would
happen.
"Gonna take a sentimental
journey," it began. "Gonna set my heart at
ease. "Gonna take a sentimental
journey to renew old memories." He took
my hand. My tears rolled down my
cheeks. I pushed my cucumber slices away.
I wasn't hungry.
"You have to eat,"
he said.
"I can stand to lose
some weight," I said.
"I know what will make
you feel better," he said taking my hand and walking
me to the couch. He sat down and
held his arms out to me. I sat down with
him and snuggled. There was nothing
more comforting than to have his arms
about me. So comfortable that I
dosed off.
I woke up startled.
"What?" he asked softly.
"A scary dream about
that song," I said. "The one on the answering machine.
Just when I thought I was
safe in your arms."
"You are," he said.
"Why else would you dose off like that? Have you
been having dreams, too?"
"Only this one so far,"
I said.
"Something must be
triggering it," he said. "Or something. I'll see what
I can find out."
"You are a force to
be reckoned with," I said. "I have every confidence
in you."
"I will teach you,"
he said. "That way you will know how to do this when
I am not with you. I intend on being
with you as much as I can from now
on, but I can't always be with you
24/7, so I need to teach you how to protect
yourself."I could not quite grasp
some of what I had just heard. I was content
for the time being until he was
ready to share more.
"I don't ever want
to be apart from you again," he said. "Unless it's
something that I can't help like
work. He leaned forward and kissed me.
"I mean it. You make me complete.
I need you with me."
"I feel exactly the
same way," I said. "Don't think it's a good idea
to rush things, but now that we're
sure it doesn't feel like rushing."
"I really don't
care what anyone else thinks," he said. "We're the only
ones who really matter in this."
"Absolutely," I said.
"Then you'll come to
live with me," he said. "I'd much rather be down
on one knee asking you to marry
me, but I can't, yet." We both knew he had
commitments. "It doesn't mean I
won't, but I don't want to be doing that
until the itme is right."
"Yes, I would love
to and I completely understand," I said."No need to
get into that now."
"That's one thing I
love about you," he said. "You understand. I want
it to be perfect when I do ask."
"I love that we're going
to be together," I said. "That's a big step.
Let's enjoy it, okay?"
"Yes," he said. "Being together
is the most important thing. I've never
felt his way before. So intense."
He kissed me and the phone rang. He picked
it up.
"For you," he said.
I was so happy that it was a real person. It was
my daughter. She was too excited
that I had my very special house guest.
"What do you want to
do to celebrate our new commitment?" he smiled.
"We can't do anything about the
other until tonight.I have somehting I
want to share with you. After dinner
and you will eat."
"Yes, Sir," I saluted.
"Can I feast on you?"
"Later," he said. "Then
we can feast on each other. That's only the beginning."
"Oh, my," I said. "I
can't wait to find out."
"Let's heat up something
for dinner and then I'll warm you up," he said
in that very inspirational way he
had.
"Already warm," I said
rubbing up against him. "Bordering on sizzling
now."
"Keep that thought
through dinner," he kissed me deeply.
"Not a problem," I
said and my eyes twinkled back at him.
"Pizza," he said. "We
could feed each other."
"This could be interesting,"
I said.
"Very," he said. "We
can make dinner even more fun."
"Oh, baby," I said
and smiled. "Let's eat then. I'm hungry."
"I'm famished," he
said grabbing and squeezing my backside. he kissed
the back of my neck. I knew it was
going to be an extremely fun,hot night.
During our pizza fest
he let his guard down and allowed me to see his
secret. He was gazing deep into
my eyes. When he kissed me I felt his tongue.
It seemed very different.
His eyes glowed and he revealed his very long
dragon tongue.
"Just for you," he
said. "I want to show you how devoted I am to you."
"Wow!" I said. "I thought
maybe you thought you were Gene Simmons of
KISS."
"Gene Simmons?" he
smiled. "No, but I will kiss you like you've never
been kissed before."
"I can't wait," I said
taking his hand and leading him to the bedroom.
In our dream we seemed
to go below the house through some secret room
below the closet. We found ourselves
in a dark and gloomy place.
"This is the spirit
world below," he told me. "These are the ones who
can make problems for us if we allow
them to."
"Is it safe here?" I asked.
"Here," he handed his
pounding heart to me. "You keep my Dragon Heart with
you and nothing can harm you. It
belongs to you, anyway. You should have
it." He placed it where my heart
was and mine took it in. I felt the love
and warmth he had for me and knew
I never had to fear again because he would
always be a part of me.
We saw strange looking
people all around staring at us.
"They are not used
to those who are not like them. They are in a limbo,
unsettled and confused by their
passing. That's often why they are playing
games with us. That's all they know.
Do you any spirit you know?" he asked.
"No," I answered. "But
I don't know how I could recognize anyone. They're
so unrecognizable." Their forms
showed what their obsession had been in life.
All their secrets were now exposed.
"If you knew one I bet you
could see who it had been," he said. "Though
you do have a point. If he or she
had not been honest about what their real
love in life was...how would you
know them?"
"Yes," I said. "If
it wasn't so spooky here I'd probably be laughing at
some of them."A few males that were
very close to us had humongous organs
protruding proudly. It was a no
brainer to see what they cared about in
life.
"Let's go ask someone
who I know," he said and we walked down a long
hall until we reached a door that
had chinese characters written on it.
"This is it." He knocked ont he
door and it opened to a spirit with a very
large head. This spirit had loved
knowledge most of all.
He asked htis spirit
about the spooky messages I had been receiving.
The spirit pointed out another spirit
that seemed to be darker instead of
playful.
"So you know this one?"
he asked.
"Not at first glance,
but let me see," I took a good look at the spirit
that wore a dark heart. "I don't
think so. What do we do now?"
"Good question," he
asked. "I've never dealt with a dark heart before.
Let me ask the knowledgeable one
for suggestions." I did understand exactly
what they were saying although I
did not speak a word of Cantonese.
"I don't like the way
the Dark Heart is looking at me," I said. "Can
we go now?"
"Wait," he said. "You're
in no danger, remember? Glare back at Dark Heart.
Show him you're not afraid
of him." I did and he floated over to me and
looked very seductively at me. He
had big violet eyes and was very obvious
with his mouth. He licked his lips.
I did not understand his lust.
Then I grabbed his
arm and said,"Maybe it has to do with the fact that
I practiced the black arts as a
teenager."
"You?" He said. "My
angel? You never told me you were a dark angel."
"I used to be years
and years ago, nut certainly not anymore," I said.
"Now I think I know why Dark Heart
wants me. He wants me to return to my
old ways. That will never happen."
"He's trying to make
you miss the darkness," he said.
"Yes, but I will never
feel that way since I have found my light," I
replied.
"Why don't you tell
him?" he asked. "Tell him that you are happy and
you will never want or need him
again." Hearing that Dark Heart shrunk back
into his dark corner.
"I think he got the
message," he said. "You shouldn't be having any problems
from him.Howecer, if he teases you
from time to time, just ignore him. They
do that sometimes. Once he sees
that you are sincere that will be the end."
We were suddenly back in the bedroom.
When I woke up in his
arms I felt completely safe. He stirred as I put
my head on his chest and gave him
a big hug.
"What was that for?"
he asked sleepily.
"For saving me again."
I said. "I love the special salvation you give
to me."
"I love to save you," he
kissed me. "I'm very protective of the one I love."
"I wouldn't have it
any other way," I kissed him back. The rest of our
weekend held much promise now that
we only had ourselves to be concerned
with.